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Anonymous asked: Where are you from?
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A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours...
– Albert Camus (via chzane)
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Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic...
– Buddha (via nirvikalpa)
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Perhaps I may clarify the historical background of the present situation if I...
– Norbert Weiner, Cybernetics, 1948.
At this moment were the 1% corporate pillagers of the ‘information age’ ushered into the world. (via feastingonroadkill) “The world consists of a golden billion and the rest of us.”
—Vladimir Putin
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The difference between ethics and religion is like the difference between water...
– Dalai Lama (via yobaba)
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Most of us 99-percenters couldn’t even let our dogs leave a dump on the sidewalk...
– A Christmas Message From America’s Rich, Matt Taibbi (via cultureofresistance)
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Education is on the brink of the biggest revolution since the invention of...
– Walter Russell Mead (via domesday)
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Reddit: Best free online learning centers
fyeahcarlsagan:
Schools and Universities:
University of Reddit with corresponding subreddit
MIT Lectures
Carnegie Mellon
Johns Hopkins
Tufts
Rice - Connexions
Utah State
Berkeley
Berkeley Part 2
Berkeley Part 3 (videos)
Stanford
Stanford Part 2 (videos)
Harvard
University of Sydney
University of Virginia
Stanford
Yale
Yale Part 2 (videos)
University of Washington CSE
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Congress is on the verge of wrecking the greatest engine of innovation and...
– SOPA: Washington Vs. The Web (via azspot)
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Why the Republican Crackup is Bad For America
robertreich:
Two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, the Republican crackup threatens the future of the Grand Old Party more profoundly than at any time since the GOP’s eclipse in 1932. That’s bad for America.
The crackup isn’t just Romney the smooth versus Gingrich the bomb-thrower.
Not just House Republicans who just scotched the deal to continue payroll tax relief and extended unemployment...
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QR code tattoo generates random links
talklaunch:
This tattoo is way better than a dolphin riding a unicorn jumping over a rainbow.
(Credit: Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET)
Deciding on a tattoo pretty much means you’re stuck with an image for life. To combat staleness, Fred Bosch chose a tattoo that will never look the same twice.
Bosch had a QR code inked onto the inside of his forearm. Scanning it is like a box of...
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Apple is going absolutely ridiculously with this whole patent war. Rather than...
– Christiantheatheist (via anticapitalist)
Tradition?
lulz (via ourben)
Don’t laugh. Apple stole the graphic-user-interface from PARC fair and square, and established a tradition of thievery. Now Apple wants to sue other players when they follow this tradition? Jeez…no honor among...
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Lamar Smith is a cheap date →
How much has it cost the entertainment industry to convince Rep Lamar Smith to introduce and ram through SOPA, which will cost the American economy billions, which will nuke the games, microprocessor, search, and other high tech companies in his Texas district? A mere $50K a year for 10 years. You know, it’s one thing to be a sellout; but to sell out so cheaply — man, have some self-respect.
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Just so we’re clear, this week, a leading presidential candidate articulated his...
– Steve Benen (via cultureofresistance)
“We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” —Anais Nin
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We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from...
– Vaclav Havel (via ijebites)
Vaclav Havel, Czech leader and playwright, dies at 75
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Stop SOPA
saboma:
RT URGENT The Avaaz team STOP #SOPA anonymissexpress:
Avaaz is delivering our messages directly to senior White House officials in less than 24 hours - let’s reach 1 million signatures before then! We’re nearly there — sign now and share with everyone
Dear friends, Right now, the US Congress is debating a law that would give them the power to censor the world’s Internet — creating...
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